Industry | Telecommunications |
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Founded | November 2009 |
Headquarters | Al-Bireh, Palestine, , Palestine |
Area served | Palestine |
Key people | Durgham Maraee (CEO) Mohammed Abu Ramadan (Chairman) |
Products | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, SMS, MMS, ISP, UMTS |
Revenue | 101,600,000 United States dollar (2020) |
7,500,000 United States dollar (2020) | |
Parent | Ooredoo |
Website | www |
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